Most people fall into two categories: 1. The folks that are going to fake it when they don't know something, or 2. the folks who will bow out gracefully with genuine hope of becoming educated about a topic.
What drives me absolutely NUTS about this, is that when number 1 is confronted with the reality that their cookie-cutter lives are not tailored for people like you or me… They put on their authoritative caps and become experts.
The minute that you try to do something adventurous, or do something that is challenging the status quo, you start to make people nervous.
They start to see that you're not cut from the same cloth. You're not the same as them. You don't want the same things.
People become SO NERVOUS about your choices, that they'll do ANYTHING to prove you're wrong.
Well, I'm willing to bet that in your circle, no one knows what they're talking about.
You know why?
Because they're not YOU.
You're different. You want "crazy" things, like a life of meaning, of adventuring, of learning.
Innovators didn't get where they are today by listening to the status quo. Innovators, game changers and thought leaders didn't have fancy titles and freedom on Day 1.
They were abnormal people first. They were crazy. They were losers.
But you don't get to the Peak of Awesome Mountain by letting other people hold you back.
Don't wait until it's safe. Don't wait until life gets easy. Because it never will.
I chose to spend the rest of my days on the Island of Misfit Toys where possibilities astound, I can make my own life and no one else on the island looks like me.
Are you a misfit toy or a toy made by Santa's elves?